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Mamma Mia!: Naples’ Pizza-Making Process Gets Unesco Heritage Status
The art of pizzaiuolo, as the craft is known, is a cherished tradition that is not easy as pie
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A Paper Bag Was the Inspiration for the First Coach Purse
Lillian Cahn reached back to her childhood experiences to design the ‘leather shopping bag’ that was the company’s first purse
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Gaze Into a 530-Million-Year-Old Eye, the Oldest Yet Discovered
Found on an Estonian trilobite, the eye once processed 100 “pixels” of information
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New Species of Extinct Marsupial Lion Deepens Their Fierce Family Tree
The dog-sized animal adds more diversity to the history of Australia’s largest predator
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Remains Tell Stories of Delaware’s Earliest Enslaved
Burials uncovered in Rehoboth Bay give a first-hand account of the hard life faced by those forced to labor on a 17th-century Delaware plantation
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Narwhals Have a Strange Stress Response
When the creatures are frightened, they both flee and freeze
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The Profound Loneliness of Greta Garbo
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a collection of letters that reveal Garbo’s deep dissatisfaction with her life in Hollywood
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Air Pollution May Diminish the Benefits of Exercise
You might want to rethink that walk along the smoggy roadway
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Message From the Past Found Inside Spanish Statue of Jesus
A local chaplain wanted people from the future to know what crops his region grew, what games they played and what diseases they suffered
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How Robots Left the Lab and Started Helping Humans
Computers were the size of refrigerators—or larger—but robots were on their way
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Toblerone’s Tussle With “Twin Peaks” Chocolate Comes to a Bittersweet End
The grocery chain Poundland is now able to sell its Toblerone copycat, but it had to change the packaging
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Newly Discovered Swimming Dinosaur Is Delightfully Bizarre
The cartoonish creature blends characteristics of velociraptors, penguins, swans, and ducks
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Little Foot, the Most Complete Australopithecus Fossil, Goes on Display
After 20 years of excavation and cleaning, the 3.67-million year old hominin is ready for her closeup
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Is This St. Nicolas’ Pelvis Bone?
Oxford researchers have determined that a bone fragment purportedly from St. Nicholas comes from the same century in which he died
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Scientists Need Your Help Rescuing 100-Year-Old Weather Records
A new citizen-science project needs volunteers to digitize decades of temperature, rain and barometric data from across western Europe
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Australia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage in Jubilant Vote
The first same-sex weddings will be able to take place as early as January 9
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Scientists Discover Ancient Black Hole From the Dawn of the Universe
Sitting some 13.1 billion light years away, the find offers a window into the early universe
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Why Lubaina Himid’s Turner Prize Win Is One for the History Books
The 63-year-old, Zanzibar-born contemporary artist becomes the oldest person and first woman of color to win the prestigious award
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Christine Keeler, the British Model at the Heart of a 1960s Political Scandal, Is Dead at 75
Keeler had simultaneous relationships with a Conservative politician and a Soviet attaché, prompting concerns that she had revealed British state secrets
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How Marie Tussaud Created a Wax Empire
From France, to Britain, to the world, Tussaud’s waxworks endure
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